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Harry Russell BRADDON Please refer to www.awm.gov.au/research/people/nominal_rolls/first_world_... and mappingouranzacs.naa.gov.au/details-permalink.aspx?barcod...

His Australian Army records can be seen here. recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3108176 On his enlistment form he stated he had been been born Ashfield, Cumberland ( The Archive itself states Ashfield is in New South Wales), and was then 22 years and 10 months old, (form dated 17.1.1916). His occupation was Barrister. he gave his next of kin as his father, Henry Yule Braddon of "Rohini", Turramurra, New South Wales. His educational qualification was a Law Degree from Sydney University.He was born 20th March 1893. At his medical he was 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighed 132lbs, had brown hair, a dark complexion and Hazel eyes. Initally a Gunner, he was promoted Corporal on the 1.4.1916 and then Acting Sergeant on the 5.7.1916. His commission application is dated the 1.8.1916, at which point he was serving with the 116th Howitzer Battery. His fathers address is now given as c\o the Australian Trade Commission, 61 Broadway, New York, USA. He sailed from Sydney on the 30.9.1916, and arrived at Plymouth in the UK on the 19.11.1916. Initially he attended what looks like a "Range Finder" Course, before leaving for France on the 23.4.1917, arriving at Etaples the same day. He then bounced between various holding camps and units, finally being taken on the strength of the 13th battery on the 19.5.1917. He seems to have spent most of September and October in hospital being treated for P.U.O.(aka Pyrexia of unknown Origins which is doctors speak for you've got a fever but we don't know whats causing it !) During this time his promotion to Lieutenant was confirmed. After a convalescence, he was posted on the 25.10.1917 to 14th Battery, stationed in Belgium. 1918 was broken up by attending the Gas School, a period as Orderley Officer and spells of leave, either in the UK or Paris. His health deteriorated towards the end of the year (internal piles claimed another victim), and following the ceasing of hostilities he went before a medical board. There is a form covering assistance with finding him post-war employment - he was found a place on a course with The Council for Legal Education, Lincolns Inn, London in May 1919, but unfortunately the course was cancelled after three weeks. The report from his tutors was that he had made very good use of his time and opportunities, gaining very useful experience. On the 20.5.1919 it looks like he sailed for America at his own expense - he had been given a 90 days leave of absense conditional on him reporting in Sydney by the end of that period. He actually appeared before a discharge medical board in Sydney at the end of August 1919, and made a statement that he had suffered no disability as a result of his war service. His discharge was confirmed. He also had a brother Paul Dudley Braddon, a Medical Student who served with the Australian Army Service Corps. recordsearch.naa.gov.au/NameSearch/Interface/ItemDetail.a... He too was commissioned and served in France.He returned to Australia in March 1919. The New South Wales State Archive has a picture of a Doctor Paul Dudley Brannon, although its not currently available to view on line. search.records.nsw.gov.au/items/387570;jsessionid=5C1286A... The is an article in a newspaper from 1963 following Paul's death, here. news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19630829&... It states he was the son of Sir Henry Braddon, a well known Sydney businessman. The Braddon family is a well known Australian family, one of whose members helped frame the first Federal Constitution and had a Canberra suburb named in his honor. The National Archives of Australia have the same picture of Harry posted on Flickr :-) www.flickr.com/photos/national-archives-of-australia/6456... From a family genealogy site. Henry Yule Braddon (son of Amy Georgina Palmer) was born 27 April 1863 in India, and died 8 September 1955 in Woollahra Sydney N.S.W.. He married (1) Bertha Mary Mathews Russell on 2 September 1891 in Strathfield Sydney. He married (2) Voilet Mary Inglis {nee Wheelihan} on 31 August 1944 in Paddington Sydney N.S.W More About Henry Yule Braddon and Bertha Mary Mathews Russell: Marriage: 2 September 1891, Strathfield Sydney. More About Henry Yule Braddon and Voilet Mary Inglis {nee Wheelihan}: Marriage: 31 August 1944, Paddington Sydney N.S.W.. Children of Henry Yule Braddon and Bertha Mary Mathews Russell are: Henry Russell Braddon, b. 1893, Sydney, d. 20 December 1932. Paul Dudley Braddon, b. 30 March 1894, d. 8 July 1963. familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/e/a/James-W-Neave/W...

Presumably related to Russell Braddon the novelist.

In the 1963 article reporting on Doctor Paul Braddon, it mentions that "Author Russell Braddon, a nephew of Dr Braddon will share about £70,000 from the estate with his sister"

Moominpappa06 Rohini St is a main street in Turramurra, a Northern Sydney suburb.

This is a beautiful studio portrait of a truly great Irishman who has been almost forgotten in light of the Rising and the war that followed it. He had achieved his objective of Home Rule only to be thwarted by the onset of the Great War and the fudge by the Government of the time! " John Edward Redmond (1 September 1856 – 6 March 1918) was an Irish nationalist politician, barrister, MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party from 1900 to 1918. He was a moderate, constitutional and conciliatory politician who attained the twin dominant objectives of his political life, party unity and finally in September 1914 achieving the promise of Irish Home Rule under an Act which granted an interim form of self-government to Ireland. However, implementation of the Act was suspended by the intervention of World War I, and ultimately made untenable after the Conscription Crisis of 1918. He was the elder brother of Willie Redmond and father of William Archer Redmond, both of whom were to serve as MPs in his party"

Redmond married twice, his first wife was a Dalton from Australia and she died after having borne three children. He married Ada Beesley and I suspect that this is Ada as there is little resemblance that I can detect between the young lady sitting at his knee and the lady with her hand on his shoulder!

It is a superb portrait! Looking large I feel I can touch his shoes as the detail and 3d quality is excellent.

The date must be before his death for starters!

His first wife Johanna died in 1889, he married Ada in 1899.

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Wow, I was just watching The Invisible Man. The movie is okay, but his performance is stellar, just about one of my favorite actors. Thanks for posting this!

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